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Definition of "kames" []

  • Plural form of kame. (noun)

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Use "kames" in a sentence
  • "When it began to melt and retreat, it was the chief agent in building up our river terraces, and our long, low, rounded hills of sand and gravel and clay, called kames and drumlins."
  • "I could show you everywhere the green banks and knolls of earth, which Scotch people call "kames" and "tomans" -- perhaps brought down by ancient glaciers, or dropped by ancient icebergs -- now so smooth and green through summer and through winter, among the wild heath and the rough peat-moss, that the old Scots fancied, and I dare say Scotch children fancy still, fairies dwelt inside."
  • "Broad till plains with thick and complex deposits of drift, paleobeach ridges, relict dunes, morainal hills, kames, drumlins, meltwater channels, and kettles occur."
Words like "kames"
james